Universidad de Santiago de Chile

5,807 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad de Santiago de Chile in 2026, the 8th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 25,427 were enrolled there in all. Twenty years of it, 2007–2026, followed by the masked student id from school to title.

University · Enrolling in 2026 · main campus region: Metropolitana

First-year entrants
5,807
2026 · 8 of 50
Total enrolment
25,427
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
81.9%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
59.4%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
37.6%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$6.1 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
7 years
2026
Women
47.0%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
23,084
First year 2026
5,807
Titles 2025
3,414

Largest fields: engineering and industry, business and law, natural sciences.

Enrolled 2026
1,301
of them in a doctorate
362 · 28%
First year 2026
413
Titles 2025
505

5.6 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).

Projects 2015–2024
823
Among universities
4 of 49
Fondecyt
559

Most specialised in: theoretical and experimental physics, history, chemistry.

Here91%
Universities86%
UndergraduateMaster'sDoctoratePost-title

Everyone enrolled in 2026, by level. «Universities» adds up the enrolment of every university and divides afterwards.

Entrants, enrolment and titles

2007–2026

Three counts of the same institution. Undergraduate enrolment is everyone enrolled that year, in any year of their programme; first-year entrants are the people who started; titles are the undergraduate titles and degrees it awarded.

Undergraduate enrolmentFirst-year entrantsUndergraduate titles
010,00020,00030,00020072017202623,0843,4145,807
010,00020,00030,00020072017202623,0843,4145,807

What you can study here

2026 · mifuturo.cl

Every generic programme with a page of its own that took first-year entrants here in 2026, with its campuses and list fee from Mineduc's register, and what SIES publishes on mifuturo.cl for this institution and programme: employment the year after the title, the band of the monthly income in the fourth year, and first-year retention. Each programme's name opens what this institution's own students say about it — who stays, who graduates, how long it takes — next to the programme across the country.

The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 10.2% of the 15,562 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.

ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Ingeniería Comercial4281$6.8 M9.2%7.3%88.2%$1.9–2.0 M87.5%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial3291$7.1 M11.5%5.0%93.2%$2.4–2.5 M85.4%
Contador Auditor3211$5.7 M4.9%14.2%93.6%$1.7–1.8 M89.7%
Otros Profesionales de Tecnología2711$4.3 M13.8%13.0%n/an/an/a
Derecho2081$6.5 M6.3%7.4%n/an/an/a
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas1931$6.1 M8.5%9.8%n/an/an/a
Otras Ingenierías Civiles1661$7.0 M11.9%9.3%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles1601$6.8 M10.4%12.6%85.9%$2.0–2.1 M78.0%
Administración Pública1491$5.6 M9.3%13.5%85.0%$1.6–1.7 M83.3%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica1351$6.8 M12.3%9.5%93.2%$2.5–3.0 M79.5%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica1251$6.8 M13.0%6.5%96.3%$2.5–3.0 M73.8%
Ingeniería Industrial1121$5.8 M17.4%22.0%86.5%$1.8–1.9 M66.7%
Ingeniería en Electricidad1121$5.8 M21.0%16.9%92.3%$2.1–2.2 M59.4%
Arquitectura1001$6.0 M3.5%6.7%69.4%$1.2–1.3 M90.1%
Psicología1001$5.5 M4.5%6.8%76.7%$1.3–1.4 M89.0%
Ingeniería Civil Química991$6.8 M10.9%7.5%89.8%$2.0–2.1 M73.9%
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística991$6.0 M9.8%15.1%89.3%$2.5–3.0 M80.8%
Otros Profesionales de Educación991$5.7 M8.8%12.7%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática951$6.8 M7.6%6.1%98.5%$3.0–3.5 M88.5%
Ingeniería Civil en Minas941$6.8 M16.1%7.6%91.9%over $3.5 M67.1%
Química y Farmacia931$5.9 M3.2%3.6%99.3%n/a92.0%
Periodismo881$4.9 M7.7%5.1%72.5%$1.2–1.3 M83.9%
Ingeniería Mecánica851$5.8 M23.3%16.9%82.6%$1.8–1.9 M52.3%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática841$5.5 M14.7%14.8%93.6%$2.5–3.0 M86.9%
Otros Profesionales de Ciencias Sociales841$5.0 M5.3%4.9%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil en Biomédica831$7.1 M12.4%7.3%n/an/an/a
Magister en Tecnología761$3.4 M11.2%12.0%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Minas731$5.9 M15.7%20.4%73.8%$2.3–2.4 M43.9%
Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura731$5.6 M6.8%7.9%54.2%$1.0–1.1 M90.2%
Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica711$6.8 M15.2%11.0%81.0%$3.0–3.5 M60.9%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano691$4.5 M5.3%6.7%87.0%$1.3–1.4 M85.1%
Magister en Administración y Comercio661$6.0 M21.2%15.8%n/an/an/a
Otras Ingenierías651$6.3 M10.9%12.5%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Sociales641$3.7 M12.4%15.6%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Alimentos631$6.1 M13.7%11.3%86.0%n/an/a
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales611$4.6 M4.9%8.8%86.3%$1.2–1.3 M89.6%
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental591$7.1 M15.8%11.7%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Física591$5.0 M9.6%6.9%59.4%n/a82.9%
Pedagogía en Idiomas591$4.5 M4.4%6.9%83.5%$1.0–1.1 M93.3%
Bioquímica571$6.0 M2.6%5.6%77.1%$1.4–1.5 M84.3%
Kinesiología571$5.9 M3.8%7.0%64.7%n/a87.8%
Pedagogía en Ciencias571$4.5 M9.7%7.0%95.8%$1.2–1.3 M75.6%
Publicidad571$5.7 M1.4%9.8%70.4%$1.2–1.3 M94.6%
Terapia Ocupacional571$5.9 M4.8%6.6%55.4%n/a88.9%
Diseño Industrial561$5.0 M10.3%11.5%64.8%n/a86.4%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica561$4.5 M3.5%5.6%91.7%$1.1–1.2 M88.1%
Ingeniería en Química541$5.8 M23.5%18.1%80.4%$1.5–1.6 Mn/a
Diseño Gráfico531$6.6 M2.8%14.8%n/an/an/a
Medicina501$8.3 M1.5%1.3%91.2%$3.0–3.5 M94.0%
Ingeniería en Metalurgia451$5.8 M18.3%17.8%72.2%$1.8–1.9 M41.4%
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación421$4.5 M7.1%7.3%94.9%$1.3–1.4 M66.7%
Enfermería401$5.9 M1.9%5.3%93.1%$2.1–2.2 M77.8%
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas371$4.2 M8.6%11.0%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología371$4.7 M4.3%11.8%n/an/an/a
Física y Astronomía371$6.3 M4.0%10.8%n/an/an/a
Construcción Civil351$5.4 M33.0%21.6%88.0%$1.8–1.9 Mn/a
Pedagogía en Educación Técnico Profesional351$3.0 M11.6%8.4%n/an/an/a
Historia311$4.3 M12.9%8.1%n/an/an/a
Magister en Educación311$3.0 M18.9%11.1%n/an/an/a
Obstetricia y Puericultura311$5.9 M3.8%3.5%86.5%$1.7–1.8 M89.8%
Química, Licenciado en Química301$5.7 M4.8%5.8%60.6%n/a77.4%
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas291$6.0 M13.5%20.4%65.7%$1.3–1.4 Mn/a
Magister en Arte y Arquitectura221$2.5 M21.8%11.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Humanidades221$2.0 M15.6%14.6%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Química (Análisis e Industrial)221$3.7 M15.4%17.3%86.5%$1.1–1.2 Mn/a
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión211$4.5 M3.4%13.1%n/an/an/a
Magister en Salud191$3.4 M13.4%9.3%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Básicas101$1.9 M10.6%13.6%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Geomensura y Cartografía51$6.0 M—21.6%96.2%n/an/a
Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente41$5.8 M—10.2%82.3%$1.5–1.6 Mn/a
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles31$3.7 M—31.3%n/an/an/a
2 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería————7.1%69.0%n/an/a
Ingeniería en Recursos Humanos———16.7%17.2%68.3%$1.2–1.3 M66.7%

Employment and income are SIES's own figures for this institution, published only where at least eleven graduates could be matched to a tax return; “n/a” is a figure SIES did not publish. Incomes are gross, in pesos of September 2025.

What it teaches

2026

Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 23,084 enrolments, by CINE-F field and SIES generic programme. Each tile is a programme and its area is its share; click a field's band to open it, or a tile to see that programme across the country.

Engineering and industry 39%Business and law 23%Health and welfare 9.3%Education 7.4%Natural sciences 7.4%Social sciences 5.0%Information technol… 4.7%Arts and … 2.8%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial5.3%OtrosProfesionalesde Tecnología3.1%IngenieríaCivilEléctrica2.6%IngenieríaCivil enObras…2.4%Arquitectura2.3%IngenieríaenElectricidad2.2%IngenieríaCivilMecánica2.1%IngenieríaCivil enMinas1.9%IngenieríaIndustrial1.9%OtrasIngenieríasCiviles1.8%IngenieríaCivilQuímica1.4%IngenieríaMecánica1.2%Ingenier…Civil enBiotecno…1.2%Ingenie…Civil enBiomédi…1.2%Ingenier…en Minas1.1%Ingenie…CivilMetalúr…1.1%DiseñoIndustr…1.0%IngenieríaCivilAmbientalIngenieríaenAlimentosIngenier…enQuímicaIngenier…Civil en…Ingen…enMetal…0.6%Const…Civil0.6%Ing…Ing…Ingeniería Comercial8.0%Contador Auditor5.7%Derecho4.7%AdministraciónPública2.6%Publici…1.2%Admini…de…OtrosProf…de…Medicina2.3%Química yFarmacia2.1%Kinesi…1.4%Obstet…yPueric…1.3%Enferme…1.2%TerapiaOcupac…1.1%Pedagogía enLenguaje,Comunicació…Pedagogía enIdiomas1.1%PedagogíaenHistoria…1.1%PedagogíaenCienciasPedago…enEducac…0.9%Pedag…enMatem…0.8%Pedag…enEduca…Pedago…en…Pedago…IngenieríaenMatemática …Bachilleratoy/oLicenciatura…Bioquími…1.1%OtrasIngeni…1.0%Físi…yAstr…Ingenie…Química…Téc…enQuí…Ing…Psicología2.3%Periodis…1.5%OtrosProfe…de…1.2%Ingenier…Civil enComputac…2.2%IngenieríaenComputació…1.7%OtrosProfesionales…Licenciaturaen Letras y…DiseñoGráficoHis…OtrosProfe…de…1.5%
Engineering and industry 39%Business and… 23%Heal… 9.3%Education 7.4%Natural scie… 7.4%Ingeni…CivilIndust…5.3%OtrosProfes…de…Ingeni…Civil…Ingen…Civil…Arquit…2.3%Ingen…enElect…Ingeni…Civil…Ingeni…Civilen…Ingeni…Indust…OtrasIngen…Civil…Ingen…Civil…Ingen…Inge…Civi…Inge…Civi…Ing…en…Ing…Civ…Dis…Ind…Ing…Con…IngenieríaComercial8.0%ContadorAuditor5.7%Derecho4.7%Administ…PúblicaPub…Medic…2.3%Quím…yFarm…Kines…Obste…Enfe…Tera…Pedag…Pedag…Peda…Peda…Ped…Ped…Ing…enMat…Bioqu…Otras…Psicolo…Per…Ingenie…Inge…en…Lice…en…OtrosProf…
Serviceshover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $6,054,000 (universities: $5,901,000). It is the published price of each programme averaged over the students enrolled in it, not what each one pays: free tuition (gratuidad), scholarships and loans are not subtracted.

Programme by programme

By SIES's generic programme, largest intake first. Only programmes that reached 10 entrants here in some year are listed; the rest are added together at the end. The change compares the first three years with the last three and is only given where both average at least 20 entrants.

Generic programme (SIES)First year 2026Enrolled 2026Mean list fee2007–2026Change
Ingeniería Comercial4281,837$6,782,000+134%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial3291,220$7,151,000+61%
Contador Auditor3211,326$5,668,000+101%
Otros Profesionales de Tecnología271908$4,263,000−30%
Derecho2081,091$6,535,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas193345$6,059,000+8%
Otras Ingenierías Civiles166414$7,075,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles160548$6,782,000+52%
Administración Pública149589$5,632,000+32%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica135491$6,782,000−1%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica125600$6,782,000+3%
Ingeniería en Electricidad112502$5,760,000−14%
Ingeniería Industrial112433$5,760,000−26%
Psicología100522$5,543,000+20%
Arquitectura100541$5,958,000+52%
Ingeniería Civil Química99326$6,782,000+28%
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística99396$6,036,000+13%
Otros Profesionales de Educación99340$5,742,000+60%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática95504$6,782,000−11%
Ingeniería Civil en Minas94443$6,782,000+9%
Química y Farmacia93476$5,902,000—
Periodismo88356$4,948,000+24%
Ingeniería Civil en Biotecnología y/o Bioingeniería87277$7,121,000—
Ingeniería Mecánica85283$5,760,000−25%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática84393$5,472,000−7%
40 more, and every other programme
Otros Profesionales de Ciencias Sociales84268$5,349,000+61%
Ingeniería Civil en Biomédica83271$7,121,000—
Ingeniería en Minas73250$5,882,000−9%
Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura73328$5,586,000+41%
Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica71245$6,782,000+14%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano69255$4,494,000+60%
Ingeniería Civil en Telemática66152$7,121,000—
Otras Ingenierías65234$6,300,000−3%
Ingeniería en Alimentos63196$6,096,000−1%
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales61248$4,616,000+27%
Pedagogía en Idiomas59252$4,494,000−37%
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental59204$7,098,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Física59170$4,972,000—
Pedagogía en Ciencias57221$4,494,000−60%
Publicidad57278$5,677,000−31%
Kinesiología57318$5,902,000—
Bioquímica57262$5,982,000+60%
Terapia Ocupacional57256$5,902,000—
Diseño Industrial56224$4,962,000+49%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica56207$4,494,000+31%
Ingeniería en Química54183$5,760,000−24%
Diseño Gráfico53226$6,552,000—
Medicina50525$8,262,000−33%
Otros Profesionales de Administración y Comercio5083$4,989,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Geomática y Geomensura48109$6,751,000—
Ingeniería en Metalurgia45135$5,760,000−28%
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación42181$4,494,000−52%
Enfermería40280$5,902,000−34%
Física y Astronomía37132$6,300,000—
Construcción Civil35127$5,419,000−46%
Pedagogía en Educación Técnico Profesional35100$3,000,000−10%
Obstetricia y Puericultura31297$5,902,000−18%
Historia3196$4,280,000—
Química, Licenciado en Química30108$5,711,000−4%
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas29115$6,011,000−70%
Ingeniería en Refrigeración y Climatización2846$5,760,000—
Técnico en Química (Análisis e Industrial)2276$3,729,000−43%
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión2181$4,494,000—
Ingeniería en Geomensura y Cartografía536$6,152,000—
Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente430$5,897,000—
Every other programme3———
9 programmes it no longer opens
Técnico en Prevención y Rehabilitación0———
Ingeniería en Recursos Humanos037$3,832,000—
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería014$6,348,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Geografía023$6,782,000—
Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial020$4,183,000—
Programas de Formación Pedagógica0———
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Administración y Comercio0———
Técnico en Dibujo Técnico020$4,230,000—
Técnico en Minería0———

Who studies here

undergraduate · 2026

Its undergraduate enrolment of 2026, each split drawn over the same split for all universities. Every bar is a share of its own total, so the two can be compared whatever their size. How the first year came in is the institution's own declaration to SIES.

Age
Here26%15–1956%20–2411%Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here26%15–1956%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here90%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here90%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEveningBlendedDistance
Sex
Here54%Men46%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here54%Men46%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
Kind of programme
Here99%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Here99%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Professional degreesTechnical programmes
How first-year students came in
Here78%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here78%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entryRecognition of prior learningSpecial entry for foreign studentsPACEInclusion programmesSpecial characteristics
Plan
Here91%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here91%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Regular planSpecial plan

Where its entrants come from

2024–2026

The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 15,555 of 16,060 (96.9%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

83.8% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Metropolitana83.8%O'Higgins4.7%Valparaíso2.8%Maule1.3%Coquimbo1.3%Antofagasta1.2%Los Lagos0.9%Tarapacá0.8%Biobío0.6%Atacama0.6%Ñuble0.5%Araucanía0.5%Arica y Parinacota0.4%Los Ríos0.3%Aysén0.2%Magallanes0.2%
Metropolitana83.8%O'Higgins4.7%Valparaíso2.8%Maule1.3%Coquimbo1.3%Antofagasta1.2%Los Lagos0.9%Tarapacá0.8%Biobío0.6%Atacama0.6%Ñuble0.5%Araucanía0.5%Arica y Parinacota0.4%Los Ríos0.3%Aysén0.2%Magallanes0.2%
Comuna of the school
Santiago1,91112.3%
Maipú1,3508.7%
Puente Alto9456.1%
La Florida6414.1%
San Bernardo5983.8%
Providencia5723.7%
Ñuñoa4983.2%
Quilicura4042.6%
Talagante3822.5%
La Cisterna3562.3%
Quinta Normal3432.2%
Recoleta3332.1%
167 more comunas

San Miguel 303 · Rancagua 279 · Estación Central 271 · El Bosque 267 · Melipilla 260 · Colina 235 · Peñalolén 216 · Pudahuel 210 · Renca 199 · Peñaflor 195 · Independencia 181 · Buin 173 · La Pintana 161 · Paine 156 · Padre Hurtado 135 · Las Condes 134 · Cerrillos 122 · La Reina 122 · Macul 120 · La Granja 118 · Calama 106 · San Ramón 105 · Lampa 102 · San Joaquín 92 · Iquique 88 · La Serena 85 · Curacaví 85 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 82 · Los Andes 80 · Conchalí 70 · San Fernando 67 · Lo Prado 66 · San Vicente 65 · Huechuraba 65 · Antofagasta 63 · Curicó 62 · San Antonio 61 · Cerro Navia 61 · Isla de Maipo 55 · Arica 55 · Lo Espejo 52 · Santa Cruz 51 · San Felipe 49 · Puerto Montt 45 · Machalí 44 · Copiapó 41 · Rengo 40 · Lo Barnechea 40 · Linares 39 · Coquimbo 38 · Vitacura 38 · Chillán 36 · Graneros 35 · Pirque 35 · Tiltil 34 · Talca 33 · Calera de Tango 32 · Vallenar 31 · María Pinto 29 · Valparaíso 28 · El Monte 26 · Osorno 25 · Punta Arenas 25 · Cartagena 24 · Temuco 24 · San José de Maipo 24 · Coyhaique 23 · Alto Hospicio 22 · Ovalle 22 · Las Cabras 22 · Quillota 21 · Chimbarongo 21 · Los Ángeles 20 · Castro 20 · Alhué 20 · Viña del Mar 18 · El Quisco 17 · Concepción 16 · Algarrobo 15 · Pichilemu 15 · Parral 14 · Valdivia 14 · Los Vilos 13 · La Ligua 13 · Doñihue 13 · San Nicolás 13 · Llaillay 12 · Quilpué 12 · Mostazal 12 · Villarrica 12 · Illapel 11 · Teno 11 · Puerto Varas 11 · Villa Alemana 10 · Angol 10 · Panguipulli 10 · San Carlos 10 · San Pedro de Atacama 9 · Salamanca 9 · Nancagua 9 · Calera 8 · Constitución 8 · San Pedro de la Paz 8 · Diego de Almagro 7 · El Tabo 7 · Peumo 7 · Quinta de Tilcoco 7 · Navidad 7 · Cauquenes 7 · Molina 7 · Pucón 7 · Quellón 7 · Taltal 6 · Calle Larga 6 · Santo Domingo 6 · Olivar 6 · Talcahuano 6 · Aysén 6 · Natales 6 · San Pedro 6 · Bulnes 6 · Pica 5 · Tocopilla 5 · Caldera 5 · Combarbalá 5 · San Esteban 5 · Putaendo 5 · Requínoa 5 · Longaví 5 · Coronel 5 · Cañete 5 · Loncoche 5 · Frutillar 5 · Ancud 5 · Canela 4 · Monte Patria 4 · Casablanca 4 · Concón 4 · Isla de Pascua 4 · Rinconada 4 · Cabildo 4 · Hualañé 4 · Cabrero 4 · Nacimiento 4 · Collipulli 4 · Porvenir 4 · La Unión 4 · Río Bueno 4 · Yungay 4 · Pozo Almonte 3 · Vicuña 3 · La Cruz 3 · Coltauco 3 · Pichidegua 3 · Litueche 3 · Chépica 3 · Lolol 3 · Pelluhue 3 · Lota 3 · Hualpén 3 · Los Álamos 3 · Tucapel 3 · Carahue 3 · Llanquihue 3 · Cisnes 3 · Futrono 3 · El Carmen 3

80 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 109 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here28%Public (municipal or…57%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here28%Public (munici…57%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here53%The next year24%A year later11%11%Universities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here53%The next year24%A year laterUniversities54%The next year25%A year later
The next yearA year later2–4 years later5 years or more

How they chose it

DEMRE · 2021–2026

Centralised admission only. DEMRE's register of the universities in the national admission system: every preference of every regular applicant, and who enrolled through it. Direct admission — the way most people enter an institute or a CFT, and some university programmes — is not in it. In 2026, 8,001 applicants put a programme of Universidad de Santiago de Chile as their first choice and 42,787 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here38%1st choice26%2nd18%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here38%1st choice26%2nd18%Universities56%1st choice19%
1st choice2nd3rd4th–5th6th–10th11th–20th

The order of the programme they enrolled in, on the list they applied with. 1 enrolled in a programme that was not on their list.

Share who had it first, by year
Universidad de Santiago de ChileUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%37.6%
02040608020212024202655.6%37.6%
Weighted score of its regular entrants · 2026
0.0%20.0%40.0%under 500500–549550–599600–649650–699700–749750–799800–849850–899900–949950+
0.0%20.0%40.0%under 500500–549550–599600–649650–699700–749750–799800–849850–899900–949950+
HereUniversities

PAES scale, which starts in 2023; the years before are another test on another scale and are not drawn. Each bar is a share of its own entrants.

Route of entry · 2026
Here80%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places12%
Here80%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places
Regular placesPACEAcademic Excellence places+MC places (gender)Teaching-degree routesSpecial admission

Who is still here a year later

cohorts 2007–2025

Each year's first-year entrants, followed into the next year's register: still enrolled here (in any programme), enrolled at another institution, or not enrolled anywhere. It is SIES's first-year retention, counted on the published register; a cohort under 30 people has no rate.

Universidad de Santiago de ChileUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%81.9%
025507510020072016202585.8%81.9%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here82%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here82%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Still hereAt another institutionNot enrolled

Who graduates, and when

titles 2007–2025

Each cohort of first-year entrants followed into the register of titles: the share with an undergraduate title from this institution, by years since they started. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one — the register only goes to 2025. A title is any undergraduate title or degree, including the intermediate ones some programmes award on the way; the register does not tell them apart.

Titled here, % of the cohort, by years since entry
Cohort 2007Cohort 2011Cohort 2015Cohort 2019Cohort 2021Universities 2015
020406080091859%13%
020406080091859%13%

Horizontal axis: years since entry (0 is the year they started).

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here59%Titled here20%Titled elsewh…21%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here59%Titled here20%21%Universities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

5,607 people started here in 2015. "Titled elsewhere" is a title from any other institution and no title from this one: someone who changed institution and finished there.

The undergraduate titles it awarded in 2025
Engineering and industry 38%Business and law 24%Health and welfare 12%Education 10%Social sciences 6.2%Information technol… 3.8%Natura… 3.6%Art… 2.1%Ser… 0.9%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial5.1%Ingeniería enElectricidad3.5%Arquitectura3.2%Ingeniería CivilEléctrica3.1%Ingeniería Civilen Minas3.0%IngenieríaCivil enObras…2.5%OtrosProfesional…de…2.3%Ingenier…Industri…1.8%IngenieríaCivilMecánicaIngenieríaCivilQuímicaConstrucciónCivil1.3%Ingenier…en MedioAmbienteIngeni…enMinasIngeni…enQuímicaIngen…CivilMetal…Ingen…enBiote…Ingen…Mecán…0.8%Ingen…enAlime…Ingeni…en…Ingen…Civil…Dis…Ind…Téc…en…Ing…Civ…Téc…en…Ing…Ing…Ingeniería Comercial9.9%Contador Auditor5.6%Administración Pública4.1%Publicid…2.0%Administr…de…Ingen…enRecur…0.8%Medicina2.4%ObstetriciayPuericultu…2.4%Enfermer…1.9%QuímicayFarmacia1.7%Terap…Ocupa…1.4%Técnico enPrevención yRehabilitac…Kinesiología1.1%PedagogíaenCiencias1.6%PedagogíaenLenguaje…1.6%PedagogíaenEducación…PedagogíaenHistoria,…Pedagogía enIdiomasPedagogía enMatemáticas…PedagogíaenEducació…Pedag…en…Psicología3.0%Periodismo2.0%OtrosProfesional…IngenieríaCivil enComputaci…1.7%Ingenier…enComputac…1.6%Bioqu…0.9%Ingen…enGeome…0.8%Ingenie…en…Otras…Quí…Lic…Téc…en…DiseñoGráficoLicenc…enLetras…His…Otros…
Engineering and industry 38%Business and … 24%Health an… 12%Educat… 10%Socia… 6.2%Infor… 3.8%Ingenie…CivilIndustr…5.1%Ingenie…enElectri…Arquite…3.2%Ingenier…Civil…Ingenier…Civil en…Ingen…Civil…OtrosProfe…de…Inge…Indu…Ingen…Civil…Ingen…Civil…Const…CivilInge…en…Ing…Civ…Ing…en…IngenieríaComercial9.9%ContadorAuditor5.6%Administraci…PúblicaPubl…Admi…Medici…2.4%Obstetr…yPuericu…Enferme…1.9%Químicay…Terapia…Pedag…en…Pedag…en…Ped…en…Ped…en…Psico…3.0%Perio…2.0%Otros…Inge…Civi…Ing…en…Inge…Otra…Lic…
Serviceshover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

How long it really takes

titles 2023–2025

Undergraduate titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: the time from the start of the semester they entered (March or August) to the date of the title, in semesters, against the formal length the institution declares. Special and continuation plans are left out, because they take in people with earlier studies whose clock did not start at entry. 8,553 of 10,463 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here10%Within the formal…48%1–2 semesters more21%3–4 semesters more11%5–6 semesters more6.2%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here48%1–2 semesters more21%Universities33%Within the formal…31%1–2 semesters mo…16%
Within the formal length1–2 semesters more3–4 semesters more5–6 semesters more7–10 semesters more11 semesters or more
Programme by programme
Generic programme (SIES)TitlesFormal, yearsReal, yearsOn timeReal in Chile
Ingeniería Comercial7935.05.97%6.1
Contador Auditor5875.06.32%5.3
Administración Pública4585.05.724%5.1
Otros Profesionales de Tecnología3323.35.12%5.2
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2716.07.64%6.9
Psicología2685.06.14%5.7
Medicina2517.07.467%7.5
Arquitectura2225.96.620%7.4
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles2096.07.89%7.4
Obstetricia y Puericultura2045.07.01%6.1
Ingeniería Industrial1954.06.04%5.0
Enfermería1935.05.649%6.0
Ingeniería Civil en Minas1936.08.94%7.9
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica1926.08.13%7.6
Publicidad1924.55.31%4.8
Ingeniería en Electricidad1914.06.73%5.7
Química y Farmacia1795.06.25%7.1
Pedagogía en Ciencias1784.56.21%6.1
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica1696.07.64%7.9
Terapia Ocupacional1485.05.374%5.7

Programmes with at least ten titles in the three years. Years are means over every title, formal and real alike; "on time" is the share titled within the formal length. The last column is the same generic programme at every institution in Chile.

Where its campuses are

1 commune · 2026

Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.

By region
Metropolitana5,807
Metropolitana5,807
By commune
Estación Central5,807

Postgraduate

2007–2026

First year of a master's or a doctorate, and everyone enrolled in one. At this level the register classifies into broad fields, not programmes.

Postgraduate entrantsPostgraduate enrolment
05001,0001,5002,0002007201720261,301413
05001,0001,5002,0002007201720261,301413
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 72%Doctorate 28%Magister en Administracióny Comercio22%Magister enTecnología16%Magister enCiencias Sociales16%Magister enEducación4.8%Magister enHumanidades4.2%Magisteren Salud3.5%Magister enCiencias Básicas3.0%Magister en Artey ArquitecturaDoctorado en Tecnología11%Doctorado en CienciasBásicas9.5%DoctoradoenHumanidad…4.2%Doctoradoen CienciasSocialesDoctoradoen Arte y…
Master's 72%Doctorate 28%Magister enAdministración yComercio22%Magister en Tecnología16%Magister enCiencias Sociales16%MagisterenEducaciónMagisterenHumanidad…Magister enSaludMagis…enCienc…3.0%Magi…enArte…Doctorado enTecnología11%Doctorado enCienciasBásicasDoctor…enHumani…4.2%Docto…enCienc…Docto…en…
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Where its postgraduate students did their undergraduate degree

Postgraduate entrants of 2024–2026, followed back to their most recent undergraduate title. 1,031 of 1,291 (79.9%) have one in the register, which starts in 2007; the rest graduated earlier or abroad, which is not the same as having no degree. Of those found, 33.5% graduated here (universities: 29.0% stay at their own).

Left, where each entrant took their last undergraduate title; right, the postgraduate field they started here. Ribbon width is people. Only the eight largest institutions are named; the rest, and any contributing fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».

Universidad de Santiago de Chile344 peopleUniversidad de Chile105 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello42 peopleUniversidad Diego Portales29 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile25 peopleUniversidad Tecnologica Metropolitana23 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile20 peopleUniversidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano19 peopleUniversidad Alberto Hurtado19 peopleOther institutions405 peopleNo title in the register260 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales207 peopleDoctorado en Tecnología88 peopleMagister en Humanidades82 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas82 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas42 peopleMagister en Salud78 peopleMagister en Arte y Arquitectura60 peopleMagister en Tecnología234 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio267 peopleMagister en Educación82 peopleOther fields69 people
Universidad de …344 peopleUniversidad de …105 peopleUniversidad And…42 peopleUniversidad Die…29 peopleUniversidad Cen…25 peopleUniversidad Tec…23 peoplePontificia Univ…20 peopleUniversidad Aca…19 peopleUniversidad Alb…19 peopleOther instituti…405 peopleNo title in the…260 peopleMagister en Cie…207 peopleDoctorado en Te…88 peopleMagister en Hum…82 peopleDoctorado en Ci…82 peopleMagister en Cie…42 peopleMagister en Sal…78 peopleMagister en Art…60 peopleMagister en Tec…234 peopleMagister en Adm…267 peopleMagister en Edu…82 peopleOther fields69 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile (itself)34526.7%
Universidad de Chile1088.4%
Universidad Andres Bello503.9%
Universidad Diego Portales352.7%
Universidad Central de Chile302.3%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile302.3%
Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana282.2%
Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano251.9%
Universidad Alberto Hurtado241.9%
Universidad de Valparaiso241.9%
Universidad Catolica Cardenal Raul Silva Henriquez191.5%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso191.5%
Other institutions29422.8%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)26020.1%

Where its graduates go on to a postgraduate degree

People with an undergraduate title from here in 2010–2021, followed forward to the first master's or doctorate they started, anywhere, up to 2026. 3,411 of 31,166 (10.9%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 29.3% of them here.

Left, the field of the undergraduate title they took here; right, the institution where they started a master's or a doctorate in Chile. Ribbon width is people. Only the ten largest destinations are named; the rest, and any receiving fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».

Engineering and industry1,028 peopleEducation745 peopleBusiness and law684 peopleNatural sciences342 peopleSocial sciences277 peopleHealth and welfare164 peopleInformation technology78 peopleServices47 peopleArts and humanities46 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso53 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo79 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez220 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile445 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello247 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile84 peopleUniversidad Alberto Hurtado96 peopleUniversidad de Santiago de Chile1,001 peopleOther institutions454 peopleUniversidad Mayor76 peopleUniversidad de Chile576 peopleUniversidad Diego Portales80 people
Engineering and…1,028 peopleEducation745 peopleBusiness and law684 peopleNatural sciences342 peopleSocial sciences277 peopleHealth and welf…164 peopleInformation tec…78 peopleServices47 peopleArts and humani…46 peoplePontificia Univ…53 peopleUniversidad del…79 peopleUniversidad Ado…220 peoplePontificia Univ…445 peopleUniversidad And…247 peopleUniversidad Cen…84 peopleUniversidad Alb…96 peopleUniversidad de …1,001 peopleOther instituti…454 peopleUniversidad May…76 peopleUniversidad de …576 peopleUniversidad Die…80 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile (itself)1,00129.3%
Universidad de Chile57616.9%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile44513.0%
Universidad Andres Bello2507.3%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez2226.5%
Universidad Alberto Hurtado1013.0%
Universidad Central de Chile892.6%
Universidad del Desarrollo822.4%
Universidad Mayor812.4%
Universidad Diego Portales802.3%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso591.7%
Universidad de los Andes521.5%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad de Santiago de Chile as principal institution — the one that answers for the project. Each figure is a count of awarded projects: not publications, not money, not people, and a project with partners counts once, here. The year is the year it was decided.

Projects awarded · 2015–2024
823
4 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
559
2015–2024
Applied research
16%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
29%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

05010015020062016202592
05010015020062016202592

By OECD area · 2015–2024

0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
HereUniversities

By ANID programme · 2015–2024

0200400600Fondecyt563Fondef123PCI52PAI31Fondequip26PIA12Other programmes9CORFO4Fonis3
0200400600Fondecyt563Fondef123PCI52PAI31Fondequip26PIA12Other programmes9CORFO4Fonis3

What it is specialised in: Fondecyt's study groups

Its Fondecyt projects of 2015–2024, by the panel each was evaluated in. Specialisation is Balassa's revealed advantage: the group's share here over its share in Chile; above 1, it weighs more here than in the country.

Study groupIts projects declare mostlyProjects%Specialisation
Theoretical and experimental physicsfisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales458.12.62
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia407.22.61
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica10518.82.40
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria468.22.02
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica458.11.85
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos447.91.43
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica325.71.37
Economics and managementcs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica132.30.97
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros101.80.92
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica122.10.80
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia142.50.79
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control264.70.76
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica234.10.76
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo162.90.74
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia91.60.71
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia112.00.64
Linguistics and literaturelinguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena122.10.61
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia162.90.58
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico122.10.43
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia71.30.36
Animal health and productionsalud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias50.90.35
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia50.90.35
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura50.90.22
Anthropology and archaeologyantropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia20.40.20
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina40.70.17

Where that falls in Chile's knowledge network

One dot per study group, sized by Chile's projects, coloured by OECD area. Two groups are joined when the institutions specialised in one tend to be specialised in the other too — the proximity of Hidalgo, Klinger, Barabási and Hausmann (2007), computed over the 39 institutions with 40 or more projects. Filled: the 7 groups Universidad de Santiago de Chile is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

ChemistryMathematicsEngineering 1Biology 3Engineering 3Theoretical and experimental phys…HistoryEngineering 2EducationLaw and political scienceAstronomy, cosmology and particlesBiology 1AgronomySociologyLinguistics and literatureMedicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Earth sciencesMedicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…PhilosophyPsychologyAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementArts and architectureGeography and urbanismInterdisciplinary researchAnthropology and archaeology
ChemistryMathematicsEngineering 1Biology 3Engineering 3Theoretical and exper…History
Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinary

Institutions that research something similar

Affinity compares two institutions' mix of Fondecyt study groups: 100 is the same mix, 0 nothing in common. «In common» are the groups both are specialised in. It is similarity of agenda, not collaboration: ANID publishes only the principal institution of each project, and no network of who works with whom can be read from it.

InstitutionAffinitySpecialised, both, in
Universidad de Concepcion86Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Chemistry
Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana83Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 3 · Mathematics · Chemistry
Universidad de Chile80Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Mathematics · Chemistry
Universidad Andres Bello76Biology 3 · History · Chemistry
Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins73History · Chemistry
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile72Engineering 1 · Mathematics
Universidad Autonoma de Chile72Biology 3 · History · Chemistry
Universidad de Talca68Engineering 3 · Mathematics · Chemistry
Universidad de Santiago de ChileUniversidad de ChileUniversidad de ConcepcionUniversidad Andres BelloUniversidad de TalcaUniversidad Autonoma de ChileUniversidad Bernardo O'Higgins
U. de Santiago de ChileU. de ChileU. de ConcepcionU. Andres BelloU. de TalcaU. Autonoma de ChileU. Bernardo O'Higgins

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad de Santiago de Chile, blue its 8 closest.

The newest competitions · 2025–2026

From the 2025 competitions ANID classifies every project by OECD discipline (the second level of the Frascati Manual), and Fondecyt evaluates in new groups. These 151 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

05101520Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informatica19Ciencias fisicas15Ciencias quimicas13Otras ingenierias y tecnologias13Ingenieria mecanica10Matematicas8Ciencias biologicas6Ingenieria de los materiales6Filosofia, etica y religion5Ingenieria quimica5
05101520Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informati…19Ciencias fisicas15Ciencias quimicas13Otras ingenierias y tecnologias13Ingenieria mecanica10Matematicas8Ciencias biologicas6Ingenieria de los materiales6Filosofia, etica y religion5Ingenieria quimica5

ANID's historical register of awarded projects (CC0), cut at 31 December 2025. Institutions are matched to the SIES by name, with an explicit table for ANID's other spellings; foundations, centres and faculties with a legal personality of their own count as their own institution. Research across Chile →

The names it registers its programmes under

97 names · 2026

The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.

0100200300400Ingenieria Comercial375Contador Publico y Auditor308Derecho208Bachillerato en Ciencias y Humanidades193Plan Especial Ingenieria Civil Industrial183Ingenieria Civil Industrial146Administracion Publica141Ingenieria Civil Mecatronica129Ingenieria Civil en Mecanica127Ingenieria Civil en Obras Civiles123Ingenieria Civil en Electricidad112Arquitectura100Psicologia / Licenciatura en Psicologia100Ingenieria Civil en Quimica96Ingenieria Civil en Informatica95
0100200300400Ingenieria Comercial375Contador Publico y Auditor308Derecho208Bachillerato en Ciencias y Humanidades193Plan Especial Ingenieria Civil Industrial183Ingenieria Civil Industrial146Administracion Publica141Ingenieria Civil Mecatronica129Ingenieria Civil en Mecanica127Ingenieria Civil en Obras Civiles123Ingenieria Civil en Electricidad112Arquitectura100Psicologia / Licenciatura en Psicologia100Ingenieria Civil en Quimica96Ingenieria Civil en Informatica95

82 more names, together 3,371 entrants.

Similar institutions

Other universities with a first-year intake of similar size in 2026.

Mineduc's higher-education registers (SIES): enrolment 2007–2026 and titles 2007–2025; Mineduc's register of secondary-school leavers; and DEMRE's admission register, republished by Mineduc. They are joined person by person through the masked student id Mineduc publishes in all of them for that purpose. First-year entrants are one row per person who started that year; someone who started at two institutions counts at one. Every figure is a count of records; shares and means are taken after adding. The name is the register's own and is written as it writes it. Every university.